Soda-water-bottling machine.



"No,. 863,l27. PATENTED AUG 13, 190?.

SODA WATER BOTTLING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION mum NOV. 5. 1904.

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MC zgyi I VViZZz'am Cheszer W504i, V w W4 WILLIAM CHESTER WOOD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE GROWN CORR AND SEAL GOMPANYQOF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION-OF MARYLAND.

SODA-WATER-BQTTLING MACHINE.

Application filed November 6,

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CHESTER Woon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful 1m- 5 'provements in Soda-Water-Bottling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In soda-water bottling machines of a well known type, the filling head carries a pendent pointed syruptube in communication with a suitable source of supply controlled by a suitable valve and hand lever. These machines are so organized that either the filling head, or a bottle supporting table is so movable that while one bottle having already received its syrup may be receiving water and gas and be in position to be capped, a second bottle in proper relation to the syrup-tube may at the'same time be charged with syrup in proper quantity. Machines of the character indicated were disclosed in S. Letters Patent No.

608,158, issued to William Painteniluly 26th,v 189$,

to which reference may be had if need be for further knowledge of such machines.

In an application for patent filed by me October 21, 1904, Serial No. 229,414, I disclosed certain improvements in machines of the kind referred to, having in view simplicity and economy in the construction of syrup tubes, an increased measure of safety both to' the tubes and bottles, and greater facility in operating the machines- My said prior improvements involved the use of a novel guide carried on the head of the machine and so constructed and arranged with relation to the syrup-tube as-to cause a safe and reliable registration of the tube with bottles and afford a free and unobstructed annular passage for a bottle head between the guide and the tube, the latter being well within the bottle.

In accordance with my present invention, a guide, which may be termed bell-shaped isslidably 1nount-' 'ed on the pendent syrup-tube, and after doing its duty guiding a bottle head so as to accurately receive and 40 ncircle the tube, it is supported upon and carried by /the bottle head during thecontinued movement of the head or the table as the case mayfbe, and until the bottle has received its syrup. This guide is'so mounted on the tube as to admit of a slight rocking or vibratory movement for avoiding an adhesive tendency should the exterior surface of the tube get smeared with syrup. For removing undue sugary accretions from the outside of the tube, the guide is provided with an interior'annular scraper which during each downward movement of the guide on the tube, removes therefrom more or lessof the semi-solid adhering matter, which will "be free drop within a bottle occupying-the'. guide. i

Specification of Letters Patent.-

- To more particularly describe my invention, I will Patented Aug. 13, 19075 1904 Serial No.231,572.

refer to the accompanying drawings, and after a detailed description, the features deemed novel will be I duly specified in clauses of claim hereunto annexed. Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates partly in 'front elevation and partly in section, so much of. the 1 filling head and table of a soda-water bottling machine 30 as is deemed necessary for the purposes of this speci .iication, the syrup-tube and the guide thereon being or sealing device. Fig. 2 illustrates the guide on an enlarged scale, partly in side elevation and partly in section, and Fig. 3 is a top view thereof.

' The filling head A is provided with'the usual ducts '7 5 or passages for the soda-water,- and a filling chamber a and also a hand lever b whichenables the syrup, gas and water to be appropriatelycontrolled. The table B withits bottle gage 0 having its two gaging contacts c and 0 its opposite ends, are as described in saidhereinbefoiie mentioned patent. The syrup tube D, pendent from the head of the machine, differs from the tube of said patent in having an open mouth and no pointed tip,a nd from the tube of my said pending application in having a strong fixedly mounted collar d at its lower end, affording a shoulder (at. its upper edge) fofsupportihg and retaining the bell-shaped guide E on the tube; This guide E has a thick and quite heavy mass of metal at its top for enabling it to rdsist adhesive-tendencies and to slide 'to its supporting 9O collar 01 on being released by a bottle which has previously-been guided into-line with the tube by the interior flared annular surface of the guide. The interior diameter of the guide at a point slightly below the top wall of the cavity is such that the periphery of a bottle lip will'engage with; the guide and lift it from the collar on which it is normallyrsupported. The flare of the guide, if substantially asindicated, will assure proper guidance for such bottles as are capable "bf use although so far untrue as to form that they cannot stand uprightin the gage G, and enable their heads, as well as theheads of perfect bottles, to take proper bearing near the top of the cavity without possibility of injurious contact with the end of the syrup tube.

The central hole e in the guidefhi slightly flared for nearly its whole length from the top downwardly to near its bottom, where it is straight and sufficiently larger than the tube to admit of a free slidable movement thereon, and at the same time permit the guide to rock or vibrate slightly on the tube to the extent affordecl by the flare or taper of the hole. Surrounding the hole within the guide is an annular scraper f, having its short edge closely adjacent to the outside of the tube. This scraper or clearer may be separately (onstructed and fixedly inserted in the guide, but Witha view to simplicity and economy it may be integral with the guide which is composed of brass or any suitable material which is heavy and hard enough to serve its purposef i The outer annular surface of the scraper is beveled as indicated for inducing a chiscling clearance'from the edge bi such sugary matter as it may remove from the surface of the tube. If after use, the tube and guide may not have been properly cleansed, the guide should be recipiocated by hand a few times, to assure it's free downward movement. It sometimes occurs that an extra long bottle will be placed at. the tube when an extra short bottle occupies the filling chamber, and

in such contingency, the vertical dimensions of the metal necessary for affording a hole long enough to.

secure a proper slide bearing between the guide and tube, may cause a stopping abutment of the long bottle.

and prevent the lip of the short bottle from occupying its proper position for receiving its closure, in which case the long bottle must be removed for enabling the other bottle to be capped or otherwise sealed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In :1 soda-water hottling machine, the combination with a syrup-tube. of a hell-shaped guide slidabl'y mounted on said tube. capable of rocking or vibrating thereon. and provided with an interior annularscraper for clearing sugary matter from the exterior surface of the tube during the dmvnward movement of the guide, substantially as described. 

